Sovereign states on a leash

Foreign investment: Rick Rowden recounts the tale of who’s wagging the dog.  

When Mexico adopted a tax on high-fructose corn syrup as part of an effort to address the country’s obesity crisis, US-based corn producer, Cargill sued to get rid of the tax. When Canada’s province of Quebec banned a har...

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Rick Rowden

Rick is the author of India-Africa Economic Relations in the New Global Economy (Routledge, 2025) and The Birdcage: Constraints Developing Economies Face in the International Trade and Financial Architecture and Possible Solutions …

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